Do Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Increase Crime?

THE WEED BLOG: Do Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Increase Crime

'Earlier this week, the San Francisco Police Commission held a meeting in which the issue of medical marijuana dispensaries and crime was addressed.  This is not a new area of medical marijuana policy; conservatives and SOME members of law enforcement cling to the argument that ‘medical marijuana dispensaries increase crime in the areas surrounding them.’  In fact, they cling to it so much, it is virtually the only argument that they ever provide in opposition to medical marijuana dispensaries.  So with that being said, if their single argument doesn’t hold water, then they should just go crawl back into their holes, right?'